Biathlon at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Individual

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Men's biathlon individual
at the VIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueMcKinney Creek Stadium
Dates21 February
Competitors30 from 9 nations
Winning time1:33:21.6
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Klas Lestander  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Antti Tyrväinen  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aleksandr Privalov  Soviet Union
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Biathlon at the
1960 Winter Olympics
Individualmen

The Men's 20 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 1960 Winter Olympics was held on 21 February, at McKinney Creek Stadium. The firing ranges were located at the following points on the 20-kilometer course: 6.5 km — 200 meter range, 9.5 km — 250 meter range, 12.5 km — 150 meter range and 15 km — 100 meter range. The first three series were fired from a prone position, the last standing. Each miss of the target cost two minutes.[1][2]

Results

René Mercier, both more than two minutes ahead of Privalov, and more than seven ahead of Lestander. However, both struggled on the range, Mercier missing 15 of 20 shots to incur a half-hour in penalties, and Abrez 18 of 20 to add 36 minutes to his time.[1]

Rank Name Country Ski Time Misses Result Deficit
1st place, gold medalist(s) Klas Lestander  Sweden 1:33:21.6 0 (0+0+0+0) 1:33:21.6 –
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Antti Tyrväinen  Finland 1:29:57.7 2 (1+1+0+0) 1:33:57.7 +36.1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aleksandr Privalov  Soviet Union 1:28:54.2 3 (0+0+0+3) 1:34:54.2 +1:32.6
4 Vladimir Melanin  Soviet Union 1:27:42.4 4 (1+1+2+0) 1:35:42.4 +2:20.8
5 Valentin Pshenitsyn  Soviet Union 1:30:45.8 3 (0+1+1+1) 1:36:45.8 +3:24.2
6 Dmitri Sokolov  Soviet Union 1:28:16.7 5 (2+0+0+3) 1:38:16.7 +4:55.1
7 Ola Wærhaug  Norway 1:36:35.8 1 (0+1+0+0) 1:38:35.8 +5:14.2
8 Martti Meinilä  Finland 1:29:17.0 5 (0+1+2+2) 1:39:17.0 +5:55.4
9 Kuno Werner  United Team of Germany 1:29:33.8 6 (2+1+1+2) 1:41:33.8 +8:12.2
10 Henry Hermansen  Norway 1:34:20.1 4 (0+0+0+4) 1:42:20.1 +8:58.5
11 Jon Istad  Norway 1:36:53.5 4 (1+1+2+0) 1:44:53.5 +11:31.9
12 Tage Lundin  Sweden 1:33:56.3 6 (0+2+3+1) 1:45:56.3 +12:34.7
13 Herbert Kirchner  United Team of Germany 1:38:35.6 4 (1+0+1+2) 1:46:35.6 +13:14.0
14 John Burritt  United States 1:36:36.8 5 (0+1+3+1) 1:46:36.8 +13:15.2
15 Eero Laine  Finland 1:33:28.3 7 (2+0+4+1) 1:47:28.3 +14:06.7
16 Sven Agge  Sweden 1:30:21.7 9 (3+3+3+0) 1:48:21.7 +15:00.1
17 Horst Nickel  United Team of Germany 1:32:28.9 8 (3+1+0+4) 1:48:28.9 +15:07.3
18 Pentti Taskinen  Finland 1:36:29.7 7 (0+3+2+2) 1:50:29.7 +17:08.1
19 Adolf Wiklund  Sweden 1:30:07.8 12 (2+3+3+4) 1:54:07.8 +20:46.2
20 Kurt Hinze  United Team of Germany 1:36:36.5 9 (3+2+2+2) 1:54:36.5 +21:14.9
21 Dick Mize  United States 1:33:56.2 11 (3+3+5+0) 1:55:56.2 +22:34.6
22 René Mercier  France 1:26:13.2 15 (4+4+2+5) 1:56:13.2 +22:51.6
23 Gustav Hanson  United States 1:40:06.2 9 (3+3+2+1) 1:58:06.2 +24:44.6
24 Larry Damon  United States 1:33:38.2 13 (5+3+3+2) 1:59:38.2 +26:16.6
25 Victor Arbez  France 1:25:58.4 18 (4+5+5+4) 2:01:58.4 +28:36.8
26 Pál Sajgó  Hungary 1:34:27.3 14 (5+3+2+4) 2:02:27.3 +29:05.7
27 Gilbert Mercier  France 1:29:16.6 17 (4+4+4+5) 2:03:16.6 +29:55.0
28 Paul Romand  France 1:28:48.4 18 (5+5+4+4) 2:04:48.4 +31:26.8
29 John Moore  Great Britain 1:40:50.8 14 (4+2+4+4) 2:08:50.8 +35:29.2
30 Norman Shutt  Great Britain 1:45:36.5 13 (2+5+3+3) 2:11:36.5 +38:14.9

References

  1. ^ a b "VIII Olympic Winter Games Squaw Valley, California 1960 - Final Report" (PDF). California Olympic Commission. LA84 Foundation. 1960. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
  2. ^ "Biathlon at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games: Men's 20 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
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